Average rents on the new residential segment in Bucharest dropped by 6% in semester I of the year, compared to the same period of 2020, according to an analysis made by the real estate consulting company SVN Romania, according to which the residential market resisted very well to the shock produced by the pandemic, while the rental sector was strongly affected. The present occupation degree of those a;apartments is 90%, over 9,700 units being rented by tenants for medium- long term, that is for at least 6 months. On the overall, over 55,000 lodgings were have been completed since 2018 to the present day, according to INS statistics and SVN Romania estimates. Over 5,500 lodgings have been purchased by investors, representing 10% of total sales. Of them, about 45% were resold , the rest being offered for rental in order to obtain a long term profit. On the average, rents for the new residential segment in Bucharest dropped by 6% in semester 1, 2021 compared to the same period of 2020. For the next 12 months, a linear evolution is estimated taking into account both results recorded by local economy and the immunization degree and the return of employees to office buildings, since the beginning of the academic year. On the average, a new two room apartment located in Bucharest is rented for 250-350 euros for the mass market segment, with 450-600 euros for the middle market segment, a new three room apartment is rented for values between 600 and 900 euros while a villa can be rented for 750 euros on the average.
The HALO Events Center in Bucharest is set to open the largest event space in Europe equipped with a 360° panoramic LED display within the Romexpo complex. The new location is designed for large-scale, fully digitalized events, and it is the result of an EUR 4 million investment. The venue has a maximum indoor capacity of […]
The concept of the mega-project DraculaLand, a privately funded development exceeding EUR 1 billion that aims to become the largest entertainment, retail, and technology destination in Europe, was recently unveiled. The investment is planned for a 160-hectare site not far from Bucharest and aims to position Romania as a new global hub for large-scale entertainment, […]
FEPRA has opened new PET and glass recycling facilities in Brad, Hunedoara county, an initiative expected to boost the recycling capacity of both the region and Romania. The two units, inaugurated on December 1 in the presence of local authorities, come as Brad–Hunedoara continues to search for long-term economic alternatives after years of industrial decline. […]
Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, announced on Wednesday, December 3, that all its “Sea Baby” maritime drones engaged in operational missions in the Black Sea region have been identified, that it has not lost any of them, and that none entered Romanian territorial waters. The announcement came after Romania’s Defense Ministry said in a press […]
Rescuers part of the Brașov County Salvamont Service spent the night in the Bucegi Mountains on Wednesday to Thursday, December 3-4, to continue searches for missing 18-year-old British citizen George Smyth. In the morning, the team of 17 mountain rescuers who slept in a chalet resumed the search in the Țigănești area despite difficult conditions […]
Roughly nine in ten Romanian employers plan to award Christmas benefits to their staff this year, according to a new survey conducted by leading online recruitment platform eJobs. The findings show that 89.7% of employers have prepared holiday perks for December, while 10.3% reported having no budget available for this purpose. As in previous years, […]
